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land ; much of it is occupied by natives, inside and outside the 

 forests. 



4. Eelationship of the State to the Forests. 



Legislation. — A Forest Ordinance of 1911, a Crown Lands 

 Ordinance of 1912, and subsequent further Regulations deal, 

 apparently, chiefly with regulating and controUing the cutting 

 of trees on leased lands, especially as regards the Khaija sene- 

 galensis, the payment of royalties, &c. It is also laid down 

 that, in the cases of leases of land, daring the first 4 years an area 

 equal to 10 per cent, of the total cultivated area shall be planted 

 with approved species of forest trees and cultivated to the satis- 

 faction of the Chief Forest Officer, that area to be subsequently 

 raised to 20 per cent, of the cultivated area. 



Administrative Methods. — The cypress woods are the only areas 

 of natural forests at present protected against fire. The natural 

 regeneration of these woods is somewhat poor, owing to a dense 

 undergrowth. During the last 15 years a beginning has been 

 made with plantations, and the following areas have, up to date, 

 been stocked : AVith Cypress, 440 acres ; Eucalypts, 380 acres ; 

 other species, 25 acres ; total, 845 acres. The Cypress planta- 

 tions are making satisfactory progress, and the Eucalypts are 

 making remarkable growth on good deep soil. Nursery plants 

 have been supplied to natives free of charge. 



The Forest Authority is a division of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, its staff in October, 1918, consisting of 1 European Forest 

 officer and a number of native overseers and guards. A second 

 Officer has now been added. 



For the 5 years, 1915 — 1919, the average annual receipts 

 amounted to £1,127, and the expenses to £975. The expenditure 

 does not include the cost of labour employed in cutting timber for 

 the Public Works Department. On the other hand, timber 

 and firewood are given free of royalties to all Government 

 Departments. 



Private Activity. — European tobacco growers have planted 

 about 2,500 acres chiefly with Eucalypts for the production of 

 poles and firewood, owing to the growing scarcity of such 

 material in some of the more densely populated localities. 



Experimental Work.— A forest arboretum, extending over 



